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sin,<00:14:10.799><c> of</c><00:14:11.159><c> Israel's</c><00:14:12.279><c> willful</c><00:14:13.179><c> disregard</c><00:14:14.059><c> to</c><00:14:14.360><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:14:16.259><c> depressing.</c><00:14:17.539><c> It's</c><00:14:17.960><c> unpleasant.</c>

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It<00:14:19.399><c> deals</c><00:14:19.700><c> with</c><00:14:20.159><c> suffering,</c><00:14:20.779><c> with</c><00:14:21.100><c> death,</c><00:14:22.100><c> with</c><00:14:22.399><c> total</c><00:14:22.919><c> dissolution,</c><00:14:23.519><c> desolation</c><00:14:24.259><c> of</c><00:14:24.559><c> the</c><00:14:25.419><c> of</c>

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It's<00:14:31.000><c> written</c><00:14:31.159><c> in</c><00:14:31.320><c> a</c><00:14:31.600><c> unique</c><00:14:31.840><c> way,</c><00:14:33.320><c> five</c><00:14:33.659><c> chapters,</c><00:14:35.279><c> four</c><00:14:36.360><c> poems,</c><00:14:37.340><c> if</c>

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total<00:14:44.480><c> desolation</c><00:14:45.220><c> of</c><00:14:45.399><c> the</c><00:14:45.580><c> state</c><00:14:45.799><c> of</c><00:14:46.799><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:47.299><c> and</c><00:14:48.120><c> the</c><00:14:48.539><c> sufferings</c><00:14:49.600><c> that</c><00:14:50.080><c> it</c><00:14:50.220><c> had.</c>

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the<00:14:55.639><c> sufferings</c><00:14:56.259><c> and</c><00:14:56.919><c> the</c><00:14:57.139><c> death</c><00:14:57.360><c> of</c><00:14:57.600><c> the</c><00:14:57.700><c> Lord</c><00:14:57.879><c> Jesus</c><00:14:58.299><c> Christ.</c>

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instrument<00:16:14.019><c> in</c><00:16:14.220><c> his</c><00:16:14.419><c> purpose.</c>

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Well,<00:16:57.019><c> what</c><00:16:57.240><c> do</c><00:16:57.340><c> we</c><00:16:57.519><c> say?</c>

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Let's<00:17:02.240><c> think</c><00:17:02.519><c> about</c><00:17:02.679><c> it</c><00:17:02.820><c> in</c><00:17:02.980><c> our</c><00:17:03.120><c> own</c><00:17:03.399><c> words.</c>

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God<00:17:08.759><c> created</c><00:17:09.180><c> it.</c>

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We<00:17:17.680><c> live</c><00:17:18.240><c> in</c><00:17:18.599><c> God's</c><00:17:19.119><c> world.</c>

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This<00:17:24.019><c> is</c><00:17:24.319><c> not</c><00:17:24.500><c> a</c><00:17:24.720><c> democracy,</c><00:17:25.940><c> brothers</c><00:17:26.099><c> and</c><00:17:26.380><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:17:27.359><c> is</c><00:17:27.559><c> a</c><00:17:27.759><c> theocracy.</c>

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He<00:17:31.099><c> has</c><00:17:31.339><c> rules</c><00:17:31.640><c> and</c><00:17:31.960><c> regulations.</c>

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He's<00:17:34.380><c> invited</c><00:17:34.720><c> us</c><00:17:35.000><c> to</c><00:17:35.220><c> live</c><00:17:35.859><c> in</c><00:17:36.440><c> this</c><00:17:36.700><c> earth</c><00:17:37.140><c> and</c><00:17:37.940><c> to</c><00:17:38.240><c> share</c>

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his<00:17:38.779><c> glory</c><00:17:39.240><c> everlasting.</c>

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It's<00:17:52.799><c> as</c><00:17:53.019><c> simple</c><00:17:53.259><c> as</c><00:17:53.539><c> that</c><00:17:54.299><c> and</c><00:17:55.400><c> graphic</c><00:17:55.859><c> understanding</c><00:17:56.599><c> words.</c>

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God<00:18:02.079><c> was</c><00:18:02.680><c> willfully</c><00:18:03.839><c> despised</c><00:18:05.500><c> and</c><00:18:05.759><c> rejected</c><00:18:06.279><c> by</c><00:18:06.660><c> his</c><00:18:06.940><c> people.</c>

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read<00:18:17.259><c> the</c><00:18:18.000><c> Lamentations.</c>

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Lamentations<00:18:36.240><c> is</c><00:18:36.920><c> about</c><00:18:37.220><c> God</c><00:18:37.680><c> and</c><00:18:37.900><c> his</c><00:18:38.099><c> people,</c>

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and<00:18:39.960><c> it</c><00:18:40.039><c> reflects</c><00:18:40.480><c> the</c><00:18:40.839><c> sorrows</c><00:18:41.180><c> and</c><00:18:41.400><c> the</c><00:18:41.640><c> sufferings</c><00:18:42.039><c> of</c><00:18:42.279><c> our</c>

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Savior<00:18:42.759><c> Jesus</c><00:18:43.220><c> Christ.</c>

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there's<00:19:00.759><c> nobody</c><00:19:01.299><c> to</c><00:19:01.720><c> help</c><00:19:02.000><c> them.</c>

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says<00:19:07.400><c> the</c><00:19:07.960><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:19:08.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:09.599><c> is</c><00:19:10.740><c> responsible</c><00:19:11.720><c> for</c><00:19:12.420><c> all</c><00:19:12.759><c> this.</c>

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Brothers<00:19:17.980><c> and</c><00:19:18.220><c> sisters,</c><00:19:18.480><c> we</c><00:19:18.740><c> have</c><00:19:18.960><c> been</c><00:19:19.180><c> helped.</c>

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There's<00:19:30.240><c> only</c><00:19:30.660><c> one</c><00:19:31.019><c> way,</c><00:19:32.799><c> that</c><00:19:33.079><c> is</c><00:19:33.319><c> through</c><00:19:33.960><c> the</c><00:19:34.259><c> remission</c>

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of<00:19:34.859><c> our</c><00:19:35.039><c> sins,</c>

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to<00:19:37.039><c> confess</c><00:19:37.259><c> it,</c><00:19:37.960><c> to</c><00:19:38.180><c> believe</c><00:19:38.460><c> it,</c><00:19:40.980><c> and</c><00:19:41.119><c> we</c><00:19:41.359><c> will</c><00:19:41.579><c> receive</c><00:19:42.000><c> forgiveness</c><00:19:42.539><c> when</c><00:19:43.019><c> we</c><00:19:43.339><c> fail.</c>

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Now<00:19:45.160><c> we</c><00:19:45.319><c> acknowledge</c><00:19:45.980><c> this,</c><00:19:47.440><c> we</c><00:19:47.539><c> repent,</c><00:19:48.799><c> and</c><00:19:48.980><c> we</c><00:19:49.380><c> experience</c>

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the<00:19:50.519><c> benefits</c><00:19:50.960><c> of</c><00:19:52.599><c> sins</c><00:19:53.000><c> forgiving.</c>

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Now<00:19:55.079><c> this</c><00:19:55.339><c> week,</c><00:19:55.799><c> brothers</c><00:19:55.920><c> and</c><00:19:56.180><c> sisters,</c><00:19:56.519><c> as</c><00:19:56.839><c> we</c><00:19:57.819><c> embark</c><00:19:58.440><c> on</c>

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let's<00:20:04.359><c> try</c><00:20:04.559><c> to</c><00:20:04.900><c> spend</c><00:20:05.099><c> some</c><00:20:05.460><c> time</c><00:20:05.859><c> as</c><00:20:06.279><c> to</c><00:20:07.099><c> how</c><00:20:07.559><c> we</c><00:20:07.819><c> can</c><00:20:08.079><c> overcome</c><00:20:08.720><c> the</c><00:20:09.160><c> consequences</c><00:20:09.779><c> of</c><00:20:10.140><c> sin,</c>

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full<00:20:18.000><c> of</c><00:20:18.220><c> people?</c>

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Lord,<00:20:34.859><c> defying</c><00:20:35.799><c> his</c><00:20:36.279><c> glorious</c><00:20:36.839><c> presence.</c>

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this<00:20:50.559><c> hymn,</c>

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is<00:20:56.819><c> our</c><00:20:57.079><c> answer.</c>